Rouzana Kasem

Associate Investment Funds
Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

Overview

Rouzana Kasem is an investment funds associate in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP and a member of the Firm’s Liquidity Solutions Team.

Rouzana advises and represents clients with respect to secondary transactions in connection with private investment funds, including continuation funds, portfolio sales and other liquidity solutions. Rouzana also has experience advising sponsors and portfolio companies on direct acquisitions and disposals, management equity and general corporate law matters.

Prior to joining the Firm, Rouzana spent six months on secondment to Carlyle AlpInvest, where she acted as part of the in-house legal team covering secondaries, primaries and co-investments across Europe and Asia.

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Thought Leadership

Publications

Author, “The Future of Choice of Court and Arbitration Agreements under the New York Convention, the Hague Choice of Court Convention and the Draft Hague Judgments Convention”, Aberdeen Student Law Review, December 2020

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2022, Admitted to practice as a Solicitor of Scotland

Languages

  • English
  • Arabic

Education

  • University of AberdeenDiploma in Professional Legal Practicewith Distinction2020
  • University of AberdeenLL.B., Scots LawFirst Class Honours2019